apagão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apagón[1] or from apagar +‎ -ão.[2]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧pa‧gão

Noun

apagão m (plural apagões)

  1. blackout (mains electricity failure)
    Synonyms: blecaute, blackout
  2. blackout (an instance of censorship, especially a temporary one)
    o apagão da Wikipédia em inglês em 2012the 2012 English Wikipedia blackout
  3. blackout, shutdown
    Preoupação na Ucrânia com um possível apagão maciço da Internet.Concern in Ukraine about a possible massive Internet blackout (or: shutdown).
  4. blackout (loss of consciousness)

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References

  1. ^ apagão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ apagão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024